{"id":3034,"date":"2015-04-08T14:04:36","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T18:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/?page_id=3034"},"modified":"2016-03-23T09:24:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T13:24:03","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brace Yourself!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"brace\"<\/a>Students in the Tools for Engineering class teamed up to work on their final assignment, to build a working engine with specific requirements.<\/p>\n

The 3D Lab was busy for a couple weeks with students designing and printing prototypes for their engines. \u00a0All the groups came up with successful and unique designs.<\/p>\n

While most engines were hand powered, some students designed engines to run using compressed air!<\/p>\n

This success story also made news in the \u201cDaily Record\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Custom Car Parts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"car<\/a>Students in the Tools for Engineering class teamed up to work on their final assignment, to build a working engine with specific requirements.<\/p>\n

The 3D Lab was busy for a couple weeks with students designing and printing prototypes for their engines. \u00a0All the groups came up with successful and unique designs.<\/p>\n

While most engines were hand powered, some students designed engines to run using compressed air!<\/p>\n

This success story also made news in the \u201cDaily Record\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Laser Tattoos<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"tattoos\"<\/a>Students in the Tools for Engineering class teamed up to work on their final assignment, to build a working engine with specific requirements.<\/p>\n

The 3D Lab was busy for a couple weeks with students designing and printing prototypes for their engines. \u00a0All the groups came up with successful and unique designs.<\/p>\n

While most engines were hand powered, some students designed engines to run using compressed air!<\/p>\n

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Fixing A Jet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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At the MAPS Air Museum, a Saber Jet with a damaged nose cone needed a cosmetic replacement.\u00a0 Our students used a 3D scanner
\nto scan the shape of a good nosecone on-site, then 3D print a replacement.<\/p>\n

3D scanners are perfect for bringing shapes of physical objects into the computer, such as the motorcycle helmet below.\u00a0 This allows one to design enhancements for the helmet that will
\nfit perfectly.<\/p>\n

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Easy-To-Use Toys<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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RePlay for Kids repairs and adapts toys for children with disabilities.\u00a0 Their effort increases the number of functioning toys and assistive devices available for children with disabilities.<\/p>\n

Our students dismantled a \u201ctouch light\u201d to make it a \u201ctouch switch\u201d instead, making it easy to activate and animate a stuffed animal.\u00a0 The switch\u2019s modified baseplate and ring were 3D printed.<\/p>\n

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Motor Mayhem<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Students in the Tools for Engineering class build motors with moving parts, all created by 3D printers.\u00a0 These all-plastic motors were powered by hand, electrically, or pneumatically (air powered).\u00a0 Teams of two design their motors to compete with other teams for best design and performance.<\/p>\n

It truly was a team effort!\u00a0 Each student had a different role in the process.<\/p>\n

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Water Everywhere<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"water<\/a>The faucets in the Chemistry Lab use aerators to prevent fumes and algae buildup. However, the force generated causes water to splash outside the sink.<\/p>\n

Dusty (one of our engineering students) devised an adapter that slips inside the faucet\u2019s flexible spout. This adapter redirects the water flow into a swirl, causing it to exit without pressure. This results in splash-less sinks at maximum water flow. Dusty\u2019s design is completely original, created with 3D printing.<\/p>\n

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Recycling Plastic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"recycling\"<\/a>3D printing is an experimental technology, fraught with trial and error. Failed prints result in wasted plastic. Instead of disposing in landfills, Will assembles a filament extruder. Feeding the extruder ground plastic or low-cost pellets, we are able to recycle plastic into fresh filament for more printing.<\/p>\n

Printing complex parts requires limonene in which unwanted plastic is dissolved away. Dusty created a technique to reclaim spent limonene into fresh solution again.<\/p>\n

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Floating Rockets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"floating-rocket\"<\/a>Engineering Student Jonnathan Martin (\u201cJonny\u201d) used 3D printing technology to create an alternate model rocket descent system.\u00a0 Instead of the engine charge ejecting a parachute from the nosecone, it pushes a black plunger (above).\u00a0 This plunger opens the rocket body walls like pedals of a flower.\u00a0 The effect is the rocket \u201cfloating\u201d to the ground.<\/p>\n

Jonny\u2019s design illustrates complex parts that mechanically work together.\u00a0 Each part was individually printed on the 3D printers.<\/p>\n

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Fixing Everything<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"fixing-everything\"<\/a>Faculty, staff, and students bring broken plastic parts that are easily reproduced on the 3D printer.\u00a0 The replacement part is designed with CAD, printed, test fitted, and refined.\u00a0 Sometimes the new part is more durable than the original.<\/p>\n

With the addition of the 3D scanner, broken parts can be scanned and reproduced with minimal CAD involvement.<\/p>\n

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A Broken Heart<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"broken-heart\"<\/a>The original geared heart (above) was downloaded and printed from Thingiverse.com<\/a>.\u00a0 While an overall good design, the hand crank was too weak and broke while turning the heart, gears would slip, etc.<\/p>\n

Engineering student Dusty improved the design by creating a stronger base, a new gearing system to reduce torque, and a new crank that is stronger and easier to turn.\u00a0 His ideas illustrate how ingenuity and creativity can improve an existing design.<\/p>\n

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3D Takes Flight<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"takes-flight\"<\/a>Members of the RC Flight Club build airplanes from foam board, motors, and 3D printed parts in the UAWC3<\/sup> lab.<\/p>\n

They design aircraft components using CAD then print them in ABS plastic such as engine mounts, landing gear, propellers, skis, and control horns.<\/p>\n

Nathan built a model of a Fieseler Fi 156 Storch with a 5-foot wing span. This model can fly up to 400 feet and travel a mile in distance.<\/p>\n

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Jammin’ in 3D<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"jammin-in-3d\"<\/a>A student was born with a hand deformity in that he only has two fingers instead of five. This condition held him back from his dream of being able to play the guitar.<\/p>\n

He talked to an engineering student about his passion for music.\u00a0 With a little bit of thought, Dusty came-up with a design for a guitar pick that, to everyone\u2019s delight, fit the student\u2019s hand perfectly.<\/p>\n

This success story also made news in the \u201cDaily Record\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Plastic Engines<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"motor\"<\/a>Students in the Tools for Engineering class teamed up to work on their final assignment, to build a working engine with specific requirements.<\/p>\n

The 3D Lab was busy for a couple weeks with students designing and printing prototypes for their engines. \u00a0All the groups came up with successful and unique designs.<\/p>\n

While most engines were hand powered, some students designed engines to run using compressed air!<\/p>\n

This success story also made news in the \u201cDaily Record\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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